Printing with EPSON C80 stopped working

From: Alan Chandler (alan_at_chandlerfamily.org.uk)
Date: 07/27/03

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    Running a debian sarge configuration - I have a epsom stylus c80 colour
    printer connected to the parallel port.

    Until recently this printer has been working perfectly under cups - but
    recently a test page showed missing cyan ink. I assume some ink cartridge is
    low - especially as the light on the printer that says this is on.

    I have replaced the cartridge but

    a) The light is still on, and
    b) Cups attempt to print a test page does nothing

    I installed the escputil package to try and see whether that could provide any
    information but when I run

    escputil -i -r /dev/lp0

    from the command line nothing happens (I get a short message about using
    escputil -l to get more help but then it hangs without completing forever).

    I've tried this with cupsd running and with cupsd halted.

    Also

    echo -en "blah\f\r" > /dev/lp0

    when cupsd is running comes back saying device or resource busy - when it is
    not running this command hangs too.

    I am at a loss of what to try next - any ideas

    - --
    Alan Chandler
    alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk
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